[simpits-tech] Got to fly an interesting sim today

Thomas Hoeltschi chebm at yahoo.de
Wed Aug 16 23:51:18 PDT 2006


Brian,
Wow, that sounds very interesting.

Thomas


--- Brian Sikkema <bjsikkem at gimail.af.mil> wrote:

> Through some good luck and good contacts, I got
> myself onto a research project here at Wright-Patt
> studying various feedback mechanisms for Predator
> pilots, to help with landing. So I got to fly a
> Predator sim today. :D What's neat about it is the
> setup I flew today was virtually identical to the
> real Predator command console, with the largest
> difference being the real thing has two small
> monitors for engine data, which the sim I flew
> omits.
> 
> Also interesting was the fact that they were using
> X-Plane. (Sorry Gene).
> 
> Oh, I also got a spin in the centerfuge today! :)
> (different project).
> 
> I can't believe I'm getting paid for this....
> 
> Brian
> 
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